Nigeria national football team

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men's national association football team

The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles, is the country’s senior men’s side and one of Africa’s most successful and popular teams, known for multiple Africa Cup of Nations titles and regular FIFA World Cup appearances.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Super Eagles 3
Nigeria men's national football team 1
Nigerian national football team 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf men's national association football team ⓘ
afconRunnersUp 1984 ⓘ
1988 ⓘ
1990 ⓘ
2000 ⓘ
2019 ⓘ
2023 ⓘ
afconThirdPlace 1976 ⓘ
1978 ⓘ
1992 ⓘ
2002 ⓘ
2004 ⓘ
2006 ⓘ
2010 ⓘ
2019 ⓘ
bestWorldCupResult Round of 16 ⓘ
cafAffiliationDate 1959 ⓘ
confederation CAF ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
fifaAffiliationDate 1960 ⓘ
fifaCode NGA ⓘ
fifaRankingHighest 5 ⓘ
fifaRankingHighestDate 1994-04 ⓘ
fifaWorldCupAppearances 7 ⓘ
firstInternationalMatch Nigeria 0–2 Sierra Leone ⓘ
firstInternationalMatchDate 1949-10-08 ⓘ
firstWorldCupAppearance 1994 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
governingBody Nigeria Football Federation ⓘ
homeStadium Godswill Akpabio International Stadium ⓘ
Moshood Abiola National Stadium ⓘ
Teslim Balogun Stadium ⓘ
nickname Nigeria national football team self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Super Eagles
notablePlayer Finidi George ⓘ
Jay-Jay Okocha ⓘ
John Obi Mikel ⓘ
Nwankwo Kanu ⓘ
Rashidi Yekini ⓘ
Sunday Oliseh ⓘ
Vincent Enyeama ⓘ
olympicFootballGoldMedalAsUnder23 1996 ⓘ
olympicFootballSilverMedalAsUnder23 2008 ⓘ
popularSport association football in Nigeria ⓘ
reachedWorldCupRoundOf16 1994 ⓘ
1998 ⓘ
2014 ⓘ
regionalTitles 3 ⓘ
regionalTournament Africa Cup of Nations ⓘ
rival Cameroon national football team ⓘ
Ghana national football team ⓘ
South Africa national football team ⓘ
subConfederation WAFU ⓘ
teamColors green ⓘ
white ⓘ
wonAfricaCupOfNations 1980 ⓘ
1994 ⓘ
2013 ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sunday Oliseh → captainOf → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
John Obi Mikel → captained → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
Vincent Enyeama → captained → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
Jay-Jay Okocha → captainedTeam → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
Nigeria Football Federation → governsNationalTeam → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
Cameroon national football team → hasRivalryWith → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
Sunday Oliseh → managedTeam → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
Finidi George → memberOfSportsTeam → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
Rashidi Yekini → memberOfSportsTeam → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
Vincent Enyeama → memberOfSportsTeam → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
Nigeria → nationalFootballTeam → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
John Obi Mikel → nationalTeam → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
Sunday Oliseh → nationalTeam → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
Nigeria national football team → nickname → Nigeria national football team self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Super Eagles
Ghana national football team → notableRival → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
Jay-Jay Okocha → playedForNationalTeam → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
Nwankwo Kanu → playedForNationalTeam → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
Vincent Enyeama → playedForNationalTeam → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
Finidi George → playsForNationalTeam → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
South Africa national football team → regionalRival → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
Finidi George → representedByTeam → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
this entity surface form: Super Eagles
NGA → represents → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
NGA → represents → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigeria men's national football team
NGA → teamNickname → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
this entity surface form: Super Eagles
Godswill Akpabio International Stadium → tenant → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigerian national football team
Moshood Abiola National Stadium → tenant → Nigeria national football team ⓘ
Teslim Balogun Stadium → tenants → Nigeria national football team ⓘ